This chapter will review recent research literature concerning the progress and effects of the
currently fashionable" parental choice" and" school autonomy" agendas in contemporary …

These two companion books, Key Issues in Sustainable Development and Learning: A
Critical Review and Sustainable Development and Learning: Framing the Issues, explore in …

Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in
curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not …

Globalization has become a topic of great interest to social scientists, not only in the field of
economics, but also in political and cultural studies. Despite the volume of theoretical work …

Increasingly, countries around the world are promoting forms of 'critical'citizenship in the
planned curricula of schools. However, the intended meaning behind this term varies …

Designed for introductory research courses in the professional fields and social sciences,
this text acquaints students and beginning researchers with a broad view of research …

Jak souvisejí školní výsledky dětí se sociálním prostředím, z něhož pocházejí? Pomáhá
škola nerovnosti ve společnosti odstranit, nebo je naopak zvyšuje? Jaké mají učitelé dnes …

This book examines recent school reforms in England and Wales, the USA, Australia, New
Zealand and Sweden. It suggests that, at the same time as appearing to devolve power to …

In this important book the author looks back on the'knowledge question'. What knowledge
gets selected to be validated as school knowledge or as part of the school curriculum, and …

Chapter 1 is based upon the Karl Mannheim Memorial Lecture, which I delivered at the
Institute of Education, University of London, in January 1997 on the fiftieth anniversary of …